LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

ELPA/RP&SE 835

Examines historical and organizational context of special education administration at the federal, state and local levels. Includes policy implementation, constituency management, coordination, communication, and current issues.

ELPA 726

Engages educational leaders in data-driven decision-making from a system-wide perspective, and developing basic data analysis skills.

ELPA 832

School finance and resource allocation for educational leaders, with an emphasis on educational adequacy, equity and efficiency. Includes an emphasis on the strategic deployment of human and material resources to address inequality and promote educational opportunity.

RP&SE 466

Provides an overview of the context and unique considerations for providing special education services to culturally and linguistically diverse learners and their families. Upon completion, describe the diversity of students who receive special education services, including trends over time, and identify deficit orientations toward diversity, culture and disability that limit youths' opportunities to learn.

ELPA 887

Survey of equity issues related to higher education access, admissions, transitions, persistence, and success. Focuses on the role of inequities across categories such as race, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, language, nationality, or religion in higher education alongside considerations as to how researchers and practitioners can better communicate with one another about diversity issues.